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"word": "improve the occasion"
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"word": "occasional"
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"word": "on occasion"
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"word": "rise to the occasion"
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"word": "take occasion"
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],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English occasioun, from Middle French occasion, from Old French occasiun, from Latin occasiōnem, noun of action from perfect passive participle occasus, from verb occido, from prefix ob- (“down\", \"away”) + verb cado (“fall”).",
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"tags": [
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],
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"text": "At this point, she seized the occasion to make her own observation.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Romans vij:[11], folio ccvj, verso:",
"text": "Foꝛ ſynne toke occaſiõ by the meanes of the cõmaundement and ſo diſceaved me / and by the ſilfe cõmaundemẽt ſlewe me.",
"type": "quote"
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{
"ref": "1690, Edmund Waller, The Maids Tragedy Alter'd:",
"text": "I'll take the occasion which he gives to bring / Him to his death.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1749, Henry Fielding, “Containing five Pages of Paper”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume II, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book IV, pages 2–3:",
"text": "That our Work, therefore, might be in no Danger of being likened to the Labours of theſe Hiſtorians, we have taken every Occaſion of interſpersing through the whole ſundry Similes, Deſcriptions, and other kind of poetical Embelliſhments.",
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"A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance."
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[
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[
"opportunity",
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],
[
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"convenient"
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[
"timely",
"timely"
],
[
"chance",
"chance"
]
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"translations": [
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"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "ar",
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"roman": "furṣa",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "فُرْصَة"
},
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"roman": "munāsaba",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مُنَاسَبَة"
},
{
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"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "abagune"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "aukera"
},
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"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "výpadak",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вы́падак"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "moōka",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "মওকা"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzmóžnost",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "възмо́жност"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "udóben slúčaj",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "удо́бен слу́чай"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ocasió"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "場合"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chǎnghé",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "场合"
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{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "機會"
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{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīhuì",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "机会"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "příležitost"
},
{
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lejlighed"
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{
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gelegenheid"
},
{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "okazo"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "tilaisuus"
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{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "mahdollisuus"
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{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "occasion"
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{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ocasión"
},
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oportunidade"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Gelegenheit"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "lēw",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "𐌻𐌴𐍅"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kairós",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "καιρός"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "alkalom"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "occasione"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"alt": "ばあい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "baai",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "場合"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"alt": "きかい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kikai",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "機会"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼaokaah",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "ឱកាស"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"alt": "機會",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gihoe",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "기회"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"alt": "境遇",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyeong'u",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "경우"
},
{
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "slučaj",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "случај"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "monâsebat",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "مناسبت"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Rekjs"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wypadek"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "okazja"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ocasião"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ocazie"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "situație favorabilă"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slúčaj",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "слу́чай"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "слу̏ча̄ј"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "slȕčāj"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "awasthāwa",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "අවස්ථාව"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "príležitosť"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "priložnost"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ocasión"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tillfälle"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výpadok",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ви́падок"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ocåzion"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tchance"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 2",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "achlysur"
}
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "On this occasion, I'm going to decline your offer, but next time I might agree.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 203:",
"text": "And Vickers launched forth in a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with supreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The time when something happens."
],
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"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 69 2 1 0 18 1 5 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "時機"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 2 1 0 18 1 5 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shíjī",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "时机"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 2 1 0 18 1 5 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "příležitost"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 2 1 0 18 1 5 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "fojo"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 2 1 0 18 1 5 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "tilaisuus"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 2 1 0 18 1 5 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ocasión"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 2 1 0 18 1 5 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Mal"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 2 1 0 18 1 5 1",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "þeihs",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 2 1 0 18 1 5 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "takunetanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 2 1 0 18 1 5 1",
"code": "mhr",
"lang": "Eastern Mari",
"roman": "gana",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "гана"
},
{
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"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Rekjs"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 2 1 0 18 1 5 1",
"code": "ru",
"english": "excuse",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "póvod",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"reason"
],
"word": "по́вод"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 2 1 0 18 1 5 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slúčaj",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "слу́чай"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 2 1 0 18 1 5 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "príležitosť"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 2 1 0 18 1 5 1",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "lyakur"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 2 1 0 18 1 5 1",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "preke"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 69 2 1 0 18 1 5 1",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "achlysur"
}
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "I had no occasion to feel offended, however.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"An occurrence or state of affairs which causes some event or reaction; a motive or reason."
],
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"links": [
[
"event",
"event"
],
[
"reason",
"reason"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 7 27 4 20 6 3 14 14",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "slúčka",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "слу́чка"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 27 4 20 6 3 14 14",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎbítie",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "съби́тие"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 27 4 20 6 3 14 14",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "anledning"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 27 4 20 6 3 14 14",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aanleiding"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 27 4 20 6 3 14 14",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"word": "syy"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 27 4 20 6 3 14 14",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"word": "aihe"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 27 4 20 6 3 14 14",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Gelegenheit"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 27 4 20 6 3 14 14",
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "accuis"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 27 4 20 6 3 14 14",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "powód"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 27 4 20 6 3 14 14",
"code": "ru",
"english": "event",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sobýtije",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "собы́тие"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 7 27 4 20 6 3 14 14",
"code": "ru",
"english": "excuse",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "póvod",
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"glosses": [
"Need; requirement, necessity."
],
"links": [
[
"Need",
"need"
],
[
"requirement",
"requirement"
],
[
"necessity",
"necessity"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Having people round for dinner was always quite an occasion at our house.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A special event or function."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 13, page 142:",
"text": "VVhoſe manner was all paſſengers to ſtay, / And entertaine with her occaſions ſly, […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/əˈkeɪʒən/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-occasion.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/En-us-occasion.ogg/En-us-occasion.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/En-us-occasion.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪʒən"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "furṣa",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "فُرْصَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "munāsaba",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مُنَاسَبَة"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "abagune"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "aukera"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "výpadak",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вы́падак"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "moōka",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "মওকা"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzmóžnost",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "възмо́жност"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "udóben slúčaj",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "удо́бен слу́чай"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ocasió"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "場合"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chǎnghé",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "场合"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "機會"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīhuì",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "机会"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "příležitost"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lejlighed"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gelegenheid"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "okazo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "tilaisuus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "mahdollisuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "occasion"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ocasión"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oportunidade"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Gelegenheit"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "lēw",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "𐌻𐌴𐍅"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kairós",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "καιρός"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "alkalom"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "occasione"
},
{
"alt": "ばあい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "baai",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "場合"
},
{
"alt": "きかい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kikai",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "機会"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼaokaah",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "ឱកាស"
},
{
"alt": "機會",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gihoe",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "기회"
},
{
"alt": "境遇",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyeong'u",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "경우"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "slučaj",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "случај"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "monâsebat",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "مناسبت"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Rekjs"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wypadek"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "okazja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ocasião"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ocazie"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "situație favorabilă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slúčaj",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "слу́чай"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "слу̏ча̄ј"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "slȕčāj"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "awasthāwa",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"word": "අවස්ථාව"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "príležitosť"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "priložnost"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ocasión"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tillfälle"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výpadok",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ви́падок"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ocåzion"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tchance"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "favorable opportunity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "achlysur"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "時機"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shíjī",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "时机"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "příležitost"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "fojo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "tilaisuus"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ocasión"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Mal"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "þeihs",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌷𐍃"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "takunetanga"
},
{
"code": "mhr",
"lang": "Eastern Mari",
"roman": "gana",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "гана"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Rekjs"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "excuse",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "póvod",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"reason"
],
"word": "по́вод"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slúčaj",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "слу́чай"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "príležitosť"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "lyakur"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"word": "preke"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "time when something happens",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "achlysur"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "slúčka",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "слу́чка"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎbítie",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "съби́тие"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "anledning"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aanleiding"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"word": "syy"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"word": "aihe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Gelegenheit"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "accuis"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "powód"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "event",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sobýtije",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "собы́тие"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "excuse",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "póvod",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"reason"
],
"word": "по́вод"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dôvod"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"word": "tillfällighet"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"word": "skäl"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "occurrence which brings with it some unlooked-for event; motive, reason",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "achlysur"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "something which causes something else",
"word": "syy"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "munāsaba",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مُنَاسَبَة"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "slúčka",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "слу́чка"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "begivenhed"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "anledning"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gebeurtenis"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "voorval"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "particular happening",
"word": "okazo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "event",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "particular happening",
"word": "tapaus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"reason"
],
"topics": [
"cause"
],
"word": "syy"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "particular happening",
"topics": [
"time"
],
"word": "kerta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "particular happening",
"word": "tapaus"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Anlass"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ricorrenza"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "particular happening",
"word": "ocasião"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "întâmplare"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hazard"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "chance",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozmóžnostʹ",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "возмо́жность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "event",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sobýtije",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "собы́тие"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "excuse",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "póvod",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "по́вод"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "raz",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"time"
],
"word": "раз"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "case, occurrence",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slúčaj",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "слу́чай"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "moment"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "príležitosť"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "situácia"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prípad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "particular happening",
"word": "händelse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tillfälle"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "particular happening",
"word": "okasyon"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prývid",
"sense": "particular happening",
"word": "при́від"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "etrevén"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "particular happening",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "achlysur"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neobhodímost",
"sense": "need",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "необходи́мост"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "need",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "potřeba"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "need",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "grund"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "need",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "behov"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "need",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "noodzaak"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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"word": "grandes occasions"
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"word": "l’occasion fait le larron"
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